Michael Burgess
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Michael Clifton Burgess is an American politician and physician who has served as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 26th congressional district since 2003. A member of the Republican Party, Burgess has focused on healthcare policy, leveraging his medical background to inform his legislative work. He has been involved in various committees and has advocated for issues such as medical research and veterans' healthcare. Burgess has also been a vocal supporter of conservative fiscal policies and has participated in discussions surrounding healthcare reform.
One of the things that has come up over and over again in my world is what is happening to--it is one thing to have coverage, but if you have got no one to deliver the care it becomes extremely problematic.
Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I do want to rise in support of the rule and in support of the underlying bill. It is interesting that our Secretary of Energy, Secretary Granholm, came to Austin, Texas, 3 or 4 weeks ago…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to extend congratulations to the American Flood Coalition. They celebrated 5 years of driving solutions to build resilience in the face of flooding just this past Sunday. As a nonpartisan group of cities, elected…
We have burdened them with an untenable amount of debt. And unfortunately, they are the ones who are going to have to pay it.
I don't think Executive orders are the way to go, I think we should do it legislatively.
I have a bill with Henry Cuellar of Laredo. It is a bipartisan bill to repeal the ban on physician-owned hospitals.
Any doctor in this country that you asked that question will tell you that they have suffered significant reimbursement reductions.
There is a difference of opinion on what it does to the downstream effects of innovation.
Why was it not a priority to fix these problems while the Democrats were doing their reconciliation bills the last 2 years?
We are going to need bipartisan effort to work together to find common ground to save Social Security and protect Medicare.





